Posted on September 28, 20091318. Electrical injury: like a crush or a burn? // Rx electrical injury // Who can be discharged, who must be admitted for ECG monitoring // Late trimester pregnancy electrical injury complication to rule out
Posted on September 28, 20091317. Key emergency department consequences of extremity electrical injury // Lightning and neurovascular deficit // Managment of taser exposure // Electrically isulated gloves? // Triage of lightning mass casualty
Posted on September 28, 20091316. General clinical presentation of low voltage injury vs. high voltage injury vs. lightning injury // Significance of fixed/dilated pupils in lightning injury // Where are skin burns usually most severe? // How to predict extent of internal tissue damage from cutaneous involvement
Posted on September 28, 20091315. Is lightning AC or DC? // Usual lightning injuries // Characteristic lightning burns
Posted on September 28, 20091314. Low resistance skin, high resistance skin // Implication of low and high resistance skin variation // Dividing line between high and low volatge injuries // Electric current complications
Posted on September 28, 20091313. Lightning mortality // Factors determining the severity of electrical injury // AC vs. DC current – which one is more dangerous? // Danger with current > 6-9 milliamps // Significance of tissue resistance, high medium and low resistance tissues // Most important resistor to current entering the body